Country United States Website www.shc.ptdiocese.org Dedication Sacred Heart of Jesus Status Cathedral | Denomination Roman Catholic Founded 1905 Phone +1 850-438-3131 Material Brick | |
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Location 1212 E. Moreno St.
Pensacola, Florida Address 1212 E Moreno St, Pensacola, FL 32503, USA Diocese Roman Catholic Diocese of Pensacola–Tallahassee Architectural styles Modern architecture, Romanesque Revival architecture Similar Basilica of St Michael the Archa, Sacred Heart Catholic, St Joseph's Church B, Co‑Cathedral of Saint Thomas, Sacred Heart Cathedral | ||
The Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, is the seat of the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee. It shares this distinction with the Co-Cathedral of Saint Thomas More in Tallahassee. The cathedral is named in honor of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, and is located in Pensacola, Florida.
History
Pensacola was in the Diocese of Mobile when Bishop Edward Allen appointed Father Fullerton from St. Michael's Church in 1905 to supervise the construction of Sacred Heart Church. The new church was still under construction when a hurricane struct the city in 1906 and destroyed the roof. It was rebuilt and Bishop Allen dedicated the Gothic Revival church in April 1907. At the time the parish had twenty-five families.
The city experienced a lumber boom in the early 20th century and Pensacola and the East Hill neighborhood, where Sacred Heart was located, experienced rapid growth. Within 50 years the congregation determined it needed a larger building. The parish moved to a larger facility in 1956. The old church was sold for $100 to the city of Pensacola on September 11, 1956. They deeded the structure to the Greater Pensacola Symphony Orchestra. The building is now listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The present church was dedicated by Archbishop Thomas J. Toolen of Mobile on May 18, 1967. It is a brick building designed in a Modern interpretation of the Romanesque Basilica style. In 1968 the Ecclesiastical Province of Miami was established and the ten counties of northwest Florida that belonged to the Diocese of Mobile, including Pensacola, were transferred to the Diocese of St. Augustine. The Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee was established by Pope Paul VI in 1975. On November 6 of that year Miami Auxiliary Bishop René Gracida was installed as the diocese's first bishop. Sacred Heart Church was named as the diocesan cathedral and St. Thomas More Church in Tallahassee as the co-cathedral.